Gervaise

An adaptation of Émile Zola’s 1877 masterpiece L’assommoir, the film is an uncompromising depiction of a lowly laundress’s struggles to deal with an alcoholic husband while running her own business.

Director: René Clément

Cast: Maria Schell, François Périer, Jany Holt, Mathilde Casadesus, Suzy Delair, Armand Mestral, Florelle, Micheline Luccioni

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.